Why do we get green when we mix blue and yellow?

Answer 1

i dont know know the answer for sure but these info may be of help.

i came across these-
this one is for light,
'The colours of the rainbow, and all colours around us, are made up of 3 primary colours of light: red, green, and blue. The secondary colours of light are a combination of 2 primary colours. The secondary colours are cyan (green + blue), magenta (red + blue), and yellow (red + green).'

'When magenta and cyan disks are placed on top on each other, the reflected light is blue. This is because magenta is made up of red & blue, and cyan is made up of blue & green. The common colour between them is therefore blue.'

so i guess the common color for blue& yellow is green and thats why you get green when you mix them together based on the above statement..

yet this may not be the case since i am not sure if you are talking about light/art colours as

'A colour created by mixing two primary colours is called a secondary colour. Green is an example of a secondary colour, which is made by mixing yellow and blue. It's important to remember that to create secondary colours you need to start with true primary colours.'

'Traditionally, the colors red, yellow, and blue are considered to be primary pigments in the art world. However, this is not technically true, or is at least inaccurate. The three primary colors of pigment are magenta, yellow, and cyan. (Thus when calling "red, yellow, and blue" the primary colors of pigment, "red" is an inaccurate way of saying "magenta" and "blue" is an inaccurate way of saying "cyan"). Blue and green are actually secondary pigments, but they are primary colors of light, along with red.'

for your info-
'A primary color is a color that cannot be created by mixing other colors in the gamut of a given color space. Primary colors may themselves be mixed to produce most of the colors in a given color space: mixing two primary colors produces what is generally called a secondary color, mixing a secondary with a primary produces what is sometimes called a tertiary color.

Answer 2

Mix Blue And Yellow

Answer 3

Actually you don't get green from mixing blue and yellow. Humans perceive green but other animals will probably see another color.

The human eye has three color receptors, each one being most sensitive to another color. If you reflect light on blue paint, the three receptors all give a signal to the brain; each one telling a different amount. If you reflect light on yellow paint, the three receptors give different answers. When you mix the paint, again another set of answers is given.

A true green paint would result in the same combination reported by the human eye and we would think it is the same color.

If an eye has different receptors (perhaps more than three, or mostly sensitive to other wave lengths), you would need another combination of colors to generate something that looks like true green.

Answer 4

green pigments reflect the colour green and absorb all the other colours.similarly with blue pigments.
when we mix green and blue, only the colours which are not common to either green or blue are reflected and all the others absorbed, so we get yellow.
while messing around with paints, you might have noticed that when you mix a whole lot of colours you always end up with black, because when red,green and blue are all mixed, all the colours are absorbed and we see only black
NOTE: do not confuse these with lights.with lights , the colours you mix are those you get,and red green ad blue lights mix to give white
here the colours are not absorbed, you see only those reflected

Answer 5

First of all, when you mix blue, red and yellow you get brown, not black. And Mixing all of those colors would give you some shade of brown, but the hue of brown depends on what medium you're using. For example, in some brands or lines of paint, there might be more red piment in a swatch of paint than there is blue pigment in the same amount of paint. The color of the brown will be different if you're doing it digitally, with acrylic paint, colored pencils, watercolor, ect- it will even vary in different brands of the same medium.

Answer 6

It is the nature of blue and yellow primary colours to produce green always when mixed together always.

Answer 7

they are primary colours and when mixed will give the combination of their shade..

Answer 8

because blue and yellow have different wavelengths, so when you mix them together, it will produce a new wavelength, which belongs to green

Answer 9

Go take an art class!

Answer 10

Because, it is the law. The law of physics.